Hoof-pad.



No. 855,188. PATENTED MAY 2a. 1907. A. LARSBN. HOOP PAD.

APPLICATION FILED D110. 3. 1908.

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ANDRE LARSEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HOOF-PAD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 28,1907.

A li ati fil d December 3,1906. Serial No. 346,058-

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDRI; LARSEN, of Chicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful improvements inHoof-Pads; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in hoof-pads, of that class whichis designed to be interposed between the hoof of a horse and the shoeand to extend between the shoe bars, and embodies as a part of theconstruction thereof certain of the features set forth in my UnitedStates Letters Patent, Nos. 740,665 and 751,184.

The object of my invention is to provide a pad which will protect thesofter parts of the foot of the animal from injury due to contact of thefoot with nails, stones, and the like found on the roadway.

The invention consists of the matters hereinafter set forth and moreparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of a hoof-p ad embodyingmy invention; Fig. 2, a plan view of the two parts which constitute therim of the pad: also the new transverse strip removed from the shield;and Fig. 3, a plan view of the metal shield or center-piece of the pad.

As shown in said drawings, said pad embraces in general terms a rim A,made of any suitable flexible material and of the general contour of ahorseshoe: a central metal plate or shield B, (as shown in my said priorapplications) and a relatively wide transverse leather strip 0 at therear end of said rim A, and shield B, said shield B, is attached at itsouter margin to the inner margin of the rim A, and the transverse stripC by rivets a in the manner shown in Fig. 1. Said rim is made slightlywider than the bars of the shoe,

and the outer margin of said rim when in place on the hoof issubstantially flush with the outer margin of the shoe, while the innermargin thereof extends beyond the inner margin of the bars of the shoefor attachment therewith of the shield B. Said shield B may be made of asingle thickness of metal, as shown in Figs. 1 and 8, and may beattached to the said rim A, and the transverse strip C by means ofrivets at extending through the overlapping margins of the said rim,transverse strip, and shield.

In the construction of the above described pad, the rim A, (except asmodified, see Figs. 1 and 2) and the shield B, are made and used inaccordance with the specifications and drawings as shown in one of myaforesaid Letters Patent, to-wit: No. 751,184.

In addition to the modified rim A, and the shield B, as shown in Fig. 1,I apply to the rear of said pad, a relatively wide transverse strip ofleather C, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2,

which extends from one side of the pad to the other and is attached tothe shield B by means of rivets a which extend through the overlappingparts of the shield B and the transverse strip C.

I claim:

The combination, in a hoof-pad, adapted to be interposed between thehoof of the horse and the shoe, said pad comprising a flexible rim madein two like halves or parts and of the general contour of a horseshoe; acentral metal plate or shield which is attached at its outer margin tothe inner margin of said rim,

and a transverse leather strip which extends from one side of'the pad tothe other, said transverse strip overlapping at its forward edge therear edge of said central plate or shield and attached thereto byrivets, all substantially as set forth.

.ANDRII LARSEN. W'itnesses:

Orrais'rniv SORENSON, EDWIN J. RED.

